U.S. Official: Tighter Visa Rules for EU

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

U.S. Official: Tighter Visa Rules for EU

June 9, 2007, 7:05 AM EDT

BERLIN -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
said he wants to tighten travel rules for Europeans entering
the United States without visas, news magazine Der Spiegel
reported Saturday.

"We want to increase our security standard by introducing
electronic travel approvals," Chertoff said, according to an
advance copy of a Spiegel interview to be published Monday.

He said Europeans who are allowed to enter the U.S. under a
visa waiver program should register online and fill out a
questionnaire 48 hours before they fly to the U.S.

Chertoff said that Islamist terrorists traveling with European
passports presented a threat to America that needed to be
addressed.

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Read more: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-europe-us-visas,0,3123274.story

[Double T]

1. Why would Europeans or anyone else want to travel or vacation to this failed nation.

It was always nice to feel welcomed, but NOT anymore.

[madrchsod]

3. it`s a nice place to visit...

especially if you are from england-the pound is worth about two us dollars...

[Eurobabe]

5. The 30+% discount!!

[Kagemusha]

2. If you're gonna have to do that, why waive visas?

Silly stuff.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

4. I bet the process of vetting EU travelers will be outsourced to a company

run by Bush buddies for a couple of billion dollars.

[WritersBlock]

6. Oh well. I didn't want anymore family vacations with my husband, anyway.

Fuck YOU, Chertoff. And the horse you rode in on.

Do you have any idea what it feels like to drag your exhausted ass off an airplane after an 8-hour flight, only to be greeted by some dipshit rentacop yelling non-stop at the top of his lungs? And he ain't yelling, "Welcome to America," either.

And now you want Europeans to register online *before* being granted that privilege?

Fuckwit.